If $80 is too much, just throw OpenBSD 3.1 on an old 486 and follow FAQ to setup a nice and secure NAT/firewall box.
John Hebert --- Shannon Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use a nat router at home, and even recommend them > for anyone who has > even a single computer at home. This screws most > port scans... I am on > Cox also. You can get one for around 80 bucks now. > > Shannon > > On Sun, 2002-08-04 at 01:48, Alex wrote: > > I know ISPs have the right (by their TOS > agreement) to monitor and probe > > people.. I have just started messing with > iptables. I'm a Cox.net cable > > modem user and out of paranoia, I am blocking all > IP addresses owned by > > Cox.net > > > > I figured out how to get syslog to write the data > from iptables to a file > > and I'm notcing that I'm currently being > portscanned by both the "dns" > > server and the "proxy" server. Both of these are > scanning the same > > ports at the same time. Seeing a lot of stuff from > kazaa users was > > one thing, but what are the cox people up to? Do > they scan everyone or > > just the suspicious users? What I am seeing is > not a scan of specific > > ports (like their "authorized-scans--xxxx" > address used to do on the > > @home network, but an all out portscan.. They > are scanning around the > > 2800-2900 range (I have only witnessed this range > so far, but it is still > > continuing), one port at a time... (very slowly) > > > > I installed Apache the other day. I'm not > interested in running a > > webserver, but I like to test and debug scripts > locally and then upload > > them. Lord forbid they detected Apache before I > could edit the conf > > files.... > > > > -Alex > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- > Shannon Roddy > __________________________________________________________________ > Systems Administrator California Institute of > Technology > [EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston > Observatory > ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane > fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 > Web Page http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/~sroddy > Calendar/Schedule See Home Page > Wireless Email (255 Chars) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com
